Robert Wisdom
Biography
Robert Ray Wisdom is an American actor, best known for his roles as Howard "Bunny" Colvin in the HBO drama series The Wire, Norman "Lechero" St. John in the Fox drama series Prison Break, and Harold Conway in the 2021 Hulu comedy film Vacation Friends. Wisdom was born in Washington, D.C., to Jamaican parents. He graduated from Columbia University with a degree in history and economics. He...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2024
Dreams in Nightmares
As: Virgil
- 2023
Accused
As: Mitch Becker
- 2022
Black Bird
As: Edmund Beaumont
- 2022
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
As: Dak'Reh
- 2021
A Journal for Jordan
As: Sgt. T.J. Canedy
- 2021
Vacation Friends
As: Harold
- 2020
Helstrom
As: Henry / Caretaker
- 2019
Motherless Brooklyn
As: Billy Rose
- 2019
Watchmen
As: Seymour
- 2019
The Hot Zone
As: Vernon Tucker
- 2018
Barry
As: Jim Moss
- 2018
Beast of Burden
As: Mallory
- 2018
The Alienist
As: Cyrus Montrose
- 2017
Unforgettable
As: Detective Pope
- 2016
Live Cargo
As: Roy
- 2016
Flaked
As: George
- 2015
Rosewood
As: Gerald Kelly
- 2015
Ballers
As: Dennis
- 2015
12 Monkeys
As: Jeremy
- 2014
The Loft
As: Detective Cohagan
- 2014
Legends
As: Conrad Tomlin
- 2014
Chicago P.D.
As: Ron Perry
- 2012
Nashville
As: Coleman Carlisle
- 2012
Freelancers
As: Terrence Burke
- 2012
The Dark Knight Rises
As: Army Captain at Bridge
- 2011
Rampart
As: Captain
- 2011
Passion Play
As: Malcolm
- 2010
Happy Town
As: Detective Roger Hobbs
- 2010
Sympathy for Delicious
As: Prendell
- 2009
The Collector
As: Roy
- 2009
Lie to Me
As: Bonds
- 2007
Burn Notice
As: Vaughn Anderson
- 2007
Sex and Death 101
As: Alpha
- 2007
The Hawk Is Dying
As: Billy Bob
- 2007
Freedom Writers
As: Dr. Carl Cohn
- 2005
How I Met Your Mother
As: McCracken
- 2005
Supernatural
As: Uriel
- 2005
Mozart and the Whale
As: Blume
- 2005
Prison Break
As: Norman "Lechero" St. John
- 2005
Grey's Anatomy
As: Mr. Hamilton
- 2004
Ray
As: Jack Lauderdale
- 2004
The Forgotten
As: Carl Dayton
- 2004
Haven
As: Mr. Sterling
- 2004
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
As: Alderman Brown
- 2004
Killer Diller
As: Moker
- 2003
Duplex
As: Officer Dan
- 2003
NCIS
As: Warden Gene Halsey
- 2003
Masked and Anonymous
As: Lucius
- 2002
Live from Baghdad
As: Bernard Shaw
- 2002
Boomtown
As: Chronic (Daryl C. Norcott)
- 2002
The Wire
As: Major Howard 'Bunny' Colvin
- 2002
The Wire
As: Howard "Bunny" Colvin
- 2002
Coastlines
As: Bob Johnson
- 2001
Storytelling
As: Mr. Scott
- 2001
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
As: Eddie
- 2000
Hollywood Palms
As: The Dutchman
- 2000
The District
As: Mr. Broyles
- 2000
The Heist
As: Slim
- 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
As: Father Theo Burdett
- 1998
Mighty Joe Young
As: Kweli
- 1998
Three Businessmen
As: Leroy Jasper
- 1997
Dharma & Greg
As: Prospero
- 1997
Cracker
As: Detective Danny Watlington
- 1997
Stir
As: Detective Williams
- 1997
Face/Off
As: Tito Biondi
- 1997
Jamaica Beat
As: Inspector Sterling
- 1997
Volcano
As: O.E.M. Staffer #2
- 1996
That Thing You Do!
As: Bobby Washington
- 1996
Lifeform
As: Colonel Jessie Pratt
- 1996
If These Walls Could Talk
As: Policeman
- 1996
Poltergeist: The Legacy
As: Daniel Euwara
- 1996
The Sentinel
As: Lieutenant Williams
- 1995
Sahara
As: Tambul
- 1994
Cosmic Slop
As: Captain Jackson (segment 'The First Commandment')
- 1994
ER
As: Dr. Hammond
- 1994
Clean Slate
As: Mort
- 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
As: Waiter